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BT5R3 Missing Updates

I am running BT5R3-GNOME-VM-32 in VMware Workstation. I the past, I ran "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" once a week, and it always installed at least some updates. But with BT5R3, I haven't seen updates in weeks, perhaps months.

I believe there's stuff being added and updated in the repositories (per Redmine), but I'm not getting it. I have tried in NAT and bridged mode. The behavior is the same (no updates) with multiple VM instances. I even unzipped and ran a virgin VM to try it a couple of weeks ago. There was a large number of updates the first time, but none since. Is it possible that something has corrupted my /etc/apt/sources.list?

Re: BT5R3 Missing Updates

Thanks g0tmi1k. Actually I'd been searching for a couple of months before I posted. Either I never used the right search terms, or I totally missed your actual response in that sea of irrelevant arguing about apt-get & aptitude.

So, that leaves the other two questions above...

Should the FAQ be changed to reflect the new lack of an update schedule, or is that likely something that will be remedied soon?

And since the Wireshark 1.8.3 update is closed, shouldn't my version have been updated by now? (It's still 1.8.1-bt7.)

Re: BT5R3 Missing Updates

Originally Posted by g0tmi1k

What I can do is, report/flag it with someone who would know the answer(s).

That would be great, thanks!

g0tmi1k, assuming you keep your BT5R3 up to date, what version of wireshark do you have? I tend to suspect that a problem that is unreported or barely reported is probably mine and not being experienced by everyone else. But it just seems so odd that I would be the only one in this case.